習(xí)語：a man/woman of means
講解：means 除了有“方法，手段”的意思之外，還有“財富，自立，收入”的意思。所以，a man/woman of means在口 語中表示“富人”， a man/woman of means則表示“經(jīng)濟困難的人”。
支持范例：Only a ma n of means could afford such a big house.
只有富人才買得起這樣的大宅第。
Sh e wished to exhibit Jessica, who was gaining in maturity and beauty, and whom she hoped to marry to a man of means.
她想借此機會炫耀一下已經(jīng)出落得美麗多姿的女兒杰西卡，她希望杰西卡能嫁一個富人。
He was a man of small means.
他是一個收入微薄的人。
迷你對話：
A :He was once a poor man but now he isa man of means.
他曾經(jīng)很窮現(xiàn)在發(fā)達了。
B :How did hemake a fortune?
他怎么發(fā)財?shù)?
A :He didn ' tm ake any effort. His aunt died and left him a fortune.
他沒怎么努力，他姑姑死了，各塔留下了一大筆財產(chǎn)。
詞海拾貝：
make a fortune：發(fā)財
You' ll make a fortune out of it.
你會從中(或靠它)發(fā)一筆財。
People who want to make a fortun e, never think of retiring to the remote an d poor provinces.
想發(fā)財?shù)娜耍瑳Q不會退居窮鄉(xiāng)僻壤。
We must make a f ortune by means of industry.
我們必須勤勞致富。
leave sb a fortune：留給某人遺產(chǎn)
And you know there is generally an uncle or a grandfather to leave a fortune to the second son.
你知道，叔叔伯伯或爺爺往往會給第二個孩子留下一筆財產(chǎn) 。
She invents these stories. As for what she has told you about a rich Aunt who will leave her a fortune, it's an old wives' tale simply because she has no Aunt.
這些故事是她編出來的。至于她對你說有一位姑母留給她一筆財產(chǎn)，那是無稽之談，因為她根本就沒有姑母。
講解：means 除了有“方法，手段”的意思之外，還有“財富，自立，收入”的意思。所以，a man/woman of means在口 語中表示“富人”， a man/woman of means則表示“經(jīng)濟困難的人”。
支持范例：Only a ma n of means could afford such a big house.
只有富人才買得起這樣的大宅第。
Sh e wished to exhibit Jessica, who was gaining in maturity and beauty, and whom she hoped to marry to a man of means.
她想借此機會炫耀一下已經(jīng)出落得美麗多姿的女兒杰西卡，她希望杰西卡能嫁一個富人。
He was a man of small means.
他是一個收入微薄的人。
迷你對話：
A :He was once a poor man but now he isa man of means.
他曾經(jīng)很窮現(xiàn)在發(fā)達了。
B :How did hemake a fortune?
他怎么發(fā)財?shù)?
A :He didn ' tm ake any effort. His aunt died and left him a fortune.
他沒怎么努力，他姑姑死了，各塔留下了一大筆財產(chǎn)。
詞海拾貝：
make a fortune：發(fā)財
You' ll make a fortune out of it.
你會從中(或靠它)發(fā)一筆財。
People who want to make a fortun e, never think of retiring to the remote an d poor provinces.
想發(fā)財?shù)娜耍瑳Q不會退居窮鄉(xiāng)僻壤。
We must make a f ortune by means of industry.
我們必須勤勞致富。
leave sb a fortune：留給某人遺產(chǎn)
And you know there is generally an uncle or a grandfather to leave a fortune to the second son.
你知道，叔叔伯伯或爺爺往往會給第二個孩子留下一筆財產(chǎn) 。
She invents these stories. As for what she has told you about a rich Aunt who will leave her a fortune, it's an old wives' tale simply because she has no Aunt.
這些故事是她編出來的。至于她對你說有一位姑母留給她一筆財產(chǎn)，那是無稽之談，因為她根本就沒有姑母。